The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-12 00:00:00

LrFEBOAT SERVICES,—During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeb4at Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in the same periud on lifeboat estab ishments, in addition to granting .£1,351 65. od. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly A OPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon don and eountry bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Last Night but Five previous to the commenca mencement of the Christmas Pantomime. ARRANGEMENTS FOR, THE WEEK. The performances will commence with YOU K OW WHO. Followed, THIS EVENING (Monday), Wednesday, and Friday, by LA SONNAMBU LA. To-morrow, Thursday, and Saturday, FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office (pen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 10s. ed.; Stalls, 7 s. ; Dress Circle, 55.; First Circle, is. ; i it, 2s. 63. ; Gallery, as. No charge for booking places. No fees to box -keepers. In preparation, a Grand Christmas Pantomime. itOYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Last Appearances but Three of Mr. Charles Adams. THIS EVENING (Monday), Dec. 12, the performances will commence with Weber's overture to I'reciosa. After which, Verdi's opera, IL TROVATOR E. Leonora, Mdlle. Z. Martorelle ; Inez, Mrs. A. Cock; and Azucena, Madame Fanny Huddart; Count di Cuna, Mr. A. awrence ; Ferrando, Air. A. Cook ; Ruiz, Mr. C. Lyall ; Gipsy, Mr. Melville ; and 31anrIco, Mr. Charles Adams. To conclude with the Third Act of MASAN lELLO. Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon. The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Mdlles. Duchateau and Boni anti. Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 105. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, is. ; upper boxes, 4s. ; amphitheatre stalls, is. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, is. No charge for booking places. The box-office is e'pen trom 10 till 5. THEATRE ROYAL, D RURY - LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COLIN rRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, etc. After which, Shaksoere's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, It. ltoxby, G. Belmoi e, Rayner, 2r. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, Ito. ; Misses Rebecca Isaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss s. elen Faucit. Doors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames rkatrice, Angel, &c. After which, NO SONG NO SUPPER. Messrs. Compton, Farren, Artt r Clark, Weathersby, &;c. ; Mesd mus Keeley, Villiers, Moore, Lovell, &3. And OUR MARY ANNE. To commence at 7. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. TATS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I Addy O'Ratferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her, D. Murray, J. Nelson, 11. Forrebter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. ...L1) Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING. at 8, RUY BLAS. Messrs. Fechter, Ry.ler, Fitzpatrick, F. Ch M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C ifford, Moreland; Misses Carlot a Lezlercq, H. Percy, and Mrs. Winstauley. Preceded, at 7, by MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. IT. Widdi comb, F. Charles ; Misses H. Percy and E. ',avenue. To conc ude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H. Widdicomb. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from ElevL n till Five. NEW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.— Proort.tor anft 111%nav,or. Mr. R. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Mr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. BillinL ton, R. Phillirs, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss IL t•iIIIMB. Mrs. Biliington, Mrs. 11. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. To conclude with DOING RANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. Seaman. Commence at 7. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. Last Week but One of the present Management. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET ABROAD AND THE RUSTIC PRIMA LONNA : Mr. Frank Matthel s ; Miss Constance Roden. After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. Palgrave Simpson. enti tled SYBILL A.; or, STEP BY STE I'. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOLY OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole - Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough. THI- 1 EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, titoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor :ugh and Mande• - s. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, Empson, ktz c. COALS. —The LILLESHAL L COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 2.55. per ton. Double 21e, per ton. I Top 245. „ Deep ..225. „ ji ell screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, 3ole Agent. ✓rHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," 11 Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CsaU be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENII4:, If HWa AGENT, No. 4. Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. riIHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" 1 supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 24, Old Cavendisn- street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DA.T.—Morning, 12h. 52rn.—Afterncon, :,Ih. 22m. To-tcoaßow.-Morning, :h. 46m.—Afternoon, 2h. 12.11. is 4( LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 12, 1864. By the arrival of the Australasian we have news from New York to the Ist of December. The chief interest is directed to the progress of SIIERMAN in Georgia. By the latest accounts (published), for the authorities at Richmond very wisely divulge only as much as can do their cause no harm, General SHERMAN found that Macon was so strongly fortified as to set him at defiance, and he went on to Milledgeville, the capital of Georgia, which he burnt, and then proceeded on his course of devastation. Luckily the archives of the State, and what public and private property could be carried away, had been removed before his ar rival. In fact, the people had been everywhere aroused and flew to arms. At Augusta great alarm prevailed, according to report, but SHERmAN was still somewhere about twenty miles off—nor was it very clear that he would wait to attack it, for he was anxious to get to the coast for hie own safety., The Governors of Georgia and South Carolina had ordered all the population, from 15 to 55, to rise in arms. The Governor of South Carolina had fixed upon Hamburg as the place of rendezvous for his Militia. Hamburg is situated on the Savannah River, and is close to Augusta, so that immediate assistance would be rendered to that important quarter. Indeed, such was the terror at Augusta that it was intended to arm the negroes at once for the defence of the city. General BEAT:REGARD was at Macon with General HARDEE and other men of note, with Governor BROWN of Georgia, making all due arrangements to meet the erne''. geucy. The wonder was why I-loon had not been ordered to the scene of action—but it would be idle for these ignorant of the plan of operation to hazard opinions or criti c i se the conduct of the Executive in such a wide field of speculation. may turn oat that HOOD was mar ceavring in Ten neesee so as to draw SIIEBAIAN off in that direction from Atlanta, which had been rendered too hot for him to hold any loagraa Bat os the course which SHEWmAN would take is vary donbtfal, no preeaua lion cen'd have foreseen his line of march. Perhaps, now that all is unfolded, people Will say that it wcs clear that STIERmAN would not go into Ten nessee to meet HOOD at a disadvantage, but few supposed that he would have dared to risk the direction of Savannah with the chance of being engulph,d in its swamps or lost in its unknown perplexities. As it is, he has set his fortunas on a c tat which may. redound to his glory now and hareafter, or wheim himself and his army in irre trievable disaster. The weather may prove treach erous to his projects, and a snowstorm might occasion vast difficulties. Whatever may have been the calculations of the Confederate Executive as to SHERMAN'S operations, it is clear that now their attention has been directed to meet the new emer gency. It is possible that HOOD and BRECKENRIDGE may be ordered to converge their forces to Georgia, so as to crush SHERMAN before he can retreat to the south, after his repulse from the eastern shores of the Atlantic, for we learn that not only from Charleston but also from Wilmington and other places, all the disposable troops have bee❑ ordered with all speed to Georgia. It is even said that a division has been sect from LEE'S army at once to the scene of operations, so that unless SHERMAN make good his way to the coast before these forces congregate, his position will become daily more critical. The fat...famed Florida has at last met the fate of the still more famous Alabama, but not in the same gallant style. It now appears that a steamer was made to run into the Florida as she lay at anchor near Fort Monroe, as if by accident, and so much damaged he: that she sank in nine fathoms, and so closed her career by the device of her unscrupulous captors—a device as shallow as her capture was nefarious in the neutral waters of Bahia. But the Yankees seem to reckon that, now they have done for the Florida, their iniquity will be sooner got over, and the Government of Brazil the more easily satisfied, but they will find they have rather comb plicated matters the more by their clumsy macceuvre, Thus bad begins, but worse remains behind. We may expect some more decisive news by next mail) for the South is now more alive than ever to the exigency of the war. The proceedings in the Con federate Congress are marked by a strong decision of character, and the peoplo of the North may yet find to their cost, that in re-electing Mr, LINCOLN they have chosen the worst horn of their political dilemma—not that they have lost much in M'CLELLAN. Amid the hurry-skurry of existence, and the whirl of business, one is apt to forget what formed the amusement of olden times and the delights of the days that are o'er; but one thing is certain, that holidays are every year becoming rarer, and we miss the mirth and joviality that we are told the past generation was wont to enjoy. It may be ques tioned if this is a change for the better, and it more care to obtain respite and relaxation might not be conducive to health and strength,and ultimately be productive of more lasting labours than all this forced toil and restless anxiety can produce; at all events it is worth making the trial. The present age is pre-eminently a hard-working one, In every department of toil do we find the same sad story of overwork. Not alone does the artisan sink into the grave overdone with the exertions he has made to maintain his family, and the sempstress fall a victim to her monstrous exertions, but labourers in far higher trades become the prey of their sedulous employments, How often does the grave close over all of genius that can parish, end the sad cry resound from the lips of the surviving mourners," Oh ! if he had had but rest !" The other day, when a great artist was borne by a mourning and sorrowing cavalcade to his last long home, it was declared that his valuable services might long have been spared to us, and his efforts redounded to his achievements in the scroll of fame, had he allowed himself rest. Surely a moral may be drawn front all this, even as the ancient English monarch comprehended the teaching of the advanc ing waves. Thus far shalt thou go, but no fur -1 then There aro limits to human Exertions, and those who set them at nought will have to pay the penalty in some shape or other. All work and no play seems the most approved and recognized adage of the present day, but it is a false and fatal prin ciple to act upon, and many withered frames and worn •out minds have borne sad testimony to the consequences of its application. We are now approaching a season that is pre-eminently one of rest and rejoicing, and we have divine sanction as well as human practice for the observance of a respite from toil and a cessation from traffic. It is, then, in every sense of the word, a calamity when it is judged necessary to curtail the brief span set apart for h iliday mak ing at this time, the festival of the Christian year from the rising of the sun to the setting of the same. As occasionally happens, this year the fess tival will fall on a Sunday—hence the holiday is lost to all intents and purposes. It has been sug gested that Monday, the 26th, should be set apart for a general holiday, to compensate for the dis appointment experienced by many, and the idea seems a feasible one i❑ many respects, It is to be hoped that this will be carried out effectually, and thus those classes whose avocations are of a strin gent nature may not be precluded from the boon of an extra day of rest and enjoyment. If an Order in Council declare the Monday a holiday, it will be a blessing to thousands, and prevent the distal). pointment that otherwise must infallibly ensue, There are many who have only two certain holi days in the year, and for the sake of these alone it is very desirable that such arrangements should be made ; but there is also the community at large to be considered, and since it is certain that neglect in this natter will occasion great disappointment, it seems scarcely necessary to Bay more upon the subject. Unfortunately, however, for some reason or other, best known to themselves, our Govern ment do not always lend themselves with a good grace to the desires and wishes of the people. Let them, then, make this occasion an instance which shall be a bright exception to their previous faulty management, and the voice of general gladness which will arise in a thousand homes at the men tion of a general holiday without restrictions will prove a sufficient reason for the departure from ordinary routine, and indemnify them against the charge of sanctioning a waste of time, and causing delay to business, The good folks of the North are giving practical demonstration to our political chieftains that it is not to allow the question of Reform to be any longer set aside. It has been very easy for unwill ing reformers to excuse their own negligence and apathy in fulfilling their hustings' pledges on the ground of the indifference of the people, but after the recent meetings and addresses that plea will no longer serve them. The fact is, that the people have been so tired of empty professions, so dish gusted with the insincerity of their self-elected leaders, that they have paused irresolute what action to take. They have exercised what little political power they possess in returning a Parliament pledged to Reform. They have seen that Parlia ment deliberately abandon every shadow of a P. , - form Bill, Tney trusted to the solemn pledges of their Ministers, and to the reputation of at least one of them as an earnest Reformer. They reckoned, too, on the prevailing influence of that 111ancheeter party which has pledged stself so largely to Reform, which was not unrepresented in the Cabinet, and whose . agen c y h as b een perceptible enough in the direction of our national policy. All this reliance and all these expectations having proved worse than useless, it is not to see what the masses are to do. If they agitate the question violently their conduct will certainly prove a very ecnvenient plea for delaying the extension of the franchise. All they can do is to wait in patience for the turn of the tide, and meanwhile to show to their adver saries by their general conduct the fitness of the better class of working men for political responsi bilties. One of the many difficulties attending the matter is that the evil tends to perpetuate itself. Those who are non electors have no means of directly expressing their views in the Legislature, and however sincere Reformers the great body of the middle classes may be, there is always a large proportion who have no mind to improve the condi• tion of the class just below them. So that, how ever unsatisfactory may be the dependence of elec. tors upon the promises of members, those who really want Reform have no means of exacting even these doubtful pledges. Wnat lies within their power they are doing, and it behoves every genuine advocate of honest and uncompro. liaising Reform to stand by his colours, and to give the unrepresented thousands the oppestunity of expressing their wishes and their requirements in language that neither Minister nor Parliament can pretend to mistake. Such an opportunity was given the other evening at Bradford, when the great area of St George's Hall was thronged with an eager audience on the occa sion of the meeting respecting Parliamentary Re form. The West Riding of Yorkshire was not unknown of old for its advocacy of Liberal princi. ples, and the crowded gathering of Thursday afforded convincing proof that the old spirit has not died out. The obief speakers of the meeting were mostly men who, like Sir F. CROSSLEY and Mr BAINES, are known for their interest in the question ; and although they said little that was actually novel, the whole subject of Reform has been so long and so studiously kept in the background that the tritest arguments were welcome. The audience, however, preyed itself a discriminating critic by mingling the hearty assent with which it received any general enunciation of Reform principles with decided disapprobation of an irrelevant introduction of foreign topics. Ties Chairman, in the course of an otherwise able and straightforward speech, diverged into a discussion of the American question, on the grcued that some had unjustly condemned Liberal principles in consequence of the great civil war, which was said to have been produced by them. But the working men of Bradford showed that they were not to be misled by highesounding platitudes, but were able to exert their own common sense and think for themselves, by greeting the assertion that the American war owed its origin to Northern hatred of slavery with pointed cries of " Question." The time is past when working men of England were ready to accept whatever was told them without it quirt', and it is a proof of their rapid growth in political knowledge that they should be able at once to see through the Federal professions, and to mistrust that fervour of abolition which is dictated exclusively by self-interest, Oo another point Mr FORSTER was either extremely sanguiec, or very easily misled. He had, he de clared, some hope from the leaders of the Liberal party—a hope that we should imagine is shared by a very limited number of voliticians of every grade, unless it be that diminutive section who consider "Rest and thankful" as the compendium of political wisdom. When he dealt with facts instead of opinions, and with the actual state of the case rather than with comments upon it, Mr FORSTER was more satisfactory, He showed very clearly to his audience tho startling inequalities of the present system of representation by a reference to the four M P.'a then on the platform. The four constituen cies which they represented comprised, he said, one million and a quarter of people, orone-t wen tieth part of the population of the United Kingdom. The share which those constituencies had in the national re presentation was 1-80th part, and of the conetitu• encies themselves only 1-25th part had a vote, although oneefifth of the population were adult male taxpayers, so that only one-fi*th part of the taxpayers had any share in the representation. To the great argument as to the danger or benefit of extending the suffrage moat of the speakers ad dressed themselves. Sir F. CROSSLEY, who claimed an extended knowledge of the working man, and who as a great employer of labour has not only op portunities for acquiring that knowledge, but every reason for anxiously desiring the preservation of social order, spoke boldly on behalf not only of the lowered franchise, but of the ballot. Mr. BAINES, who spoke tersely and to the purpose, pointedly observed that no mistake which the working classes could make nowadays would be likely to do so much harm as the old political errors so long up held by the upper and middle classes. As for the plea that the frequency of strikes should hinder the admission of working men to their rights, such an argument is altogether futile. If the working men were better and more fairly represented they would have less need of such means of protection; but so long as the masters and manufacturers have the framing of the laws exclusively in their own hands the men are tempted to seek unlawful means of obtaining redress for their grievances. Mr STAN S - FELD, very truly and forcibly, said in addressing the Bradford meeting, " There are men of states manship who fear this progress, who call it demo cracy, and who would seek to stem its tide ; but that democracy alone is dangerous which has its stormy birth in days of ignorance, of bigotry, and of oppressive rule." The experience of all history confirms this rule, and although the English maeses have now no recognised injustice, no oppressive inequality under which they labour, the free grant of political equality to every man individually worthy of it would be the best guarantee for the preservation of the internal tranquillity of the kingdom. Of course there must be limits to the franchise, and education should as much as possible be "made the teat. How it is to be applied is a question for the House of Commons to solve, but we are still a very long way from details. Sir F. CROSSLEY excused his opposition to the Darby Re. form Bill on the ground that it was what Yorkshire. men called a great deal of cloth, but very little din ner. With the proposed Reform Cabinet and Re form Parliament, however, we have not yet got so far as the laying of the cloth, and fear the gratifi cation of our appetites is a very long way off. Mr. BAINES said he considered the measure once sketched by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to be a debt of honour owed by the Government to the country, and we are afraid that such is very much the light in which the defaulters themselves regard it. The fulfilnecnt of rash:engageraents may often be insisted on, and bonds indiscreetly given may hold the cre ditor harmless, but the settlement of debts of ho nour is so entirely at the option of the culprit that there is a very poor chance of extracting them from unwilling debtors. TUE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ' 6 VIE.DE CIESAR,” we are assured, will be issued in Paris about the 15th inst. The Emperor was anxious to postpone the publication until both volumes were ready, but M. Plon, the printer and pub lisher, suggested that it would be best to issue each volume separately, and convinced the author. It has not yet been decided whether the price ehall be six or eight francs. THE ROPE-JUGGLERS should make their hay while the sun shines on them, according to the Atiunaum, for, not only is Donato coming, but also Petropoli. Petro. we hear from an Italian friend, is surnamed "Il Elas tie° " and, among other contortions, puts a glass of wine upon the sole of his foot, and drinks it off; and, when making hie bow of adieu to the spectators, slaps the back of his head, also, with the sole of his foot. Haste, gentle men, clear the way 1 IH E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1864. The Rev, Mr. Bellew's " Blount Tempest," The following admirable argument in favour of opening freely to the public on Sundays our various National Gardens, Museums, Galleries, and Institutions generally, we transfer to our columns from Volume I. pp. 286.290 of the Rev. J. C. M. Bellew's new novel, " Blount Tempest::" a work—Mr. Bellew's maiden work, we believe, as a novelist—published only within the last few hours by the Messrs. Hurst and Biackett. The particular passage hero selected for quotation from " Blount Tempest" is transferred by us to the columns of The Sun with peculiar satisfaction seeing that we ourselves have so often, in this journal, during years past, advanced the eelf-samo argument in favour of what is distinctly an Anti-Pharisaic and nut an Anti-R-21igious movement. We would, moreover, prefix to the extract with especial ear nestness as our own Enquiry— WHY NOT ALSO THE CRYSTAL PALACE ? And, in putting this query, we wou ld eu ggest as a fitting superscription to be placed on all Sundays over each of the garden entrances to that Palace of the English People—Pope's recommendation to us all, in immortal verse, that we should— "Zook thro' .Nature up to IVature's God." Mr Bellew writes as follows in the eloquent pas sage we are thus desirous of at once extracting from "Blount Tempest" : Thank heaven I there is one day in the week which in England can be called a day of rest. Were the observance of Sunday nothing more than a political institution, At would be one of the dearest possessed and enjoyed by _the people. All estates of men look forward to it as a day of repose, and specially of domestic comfort and happiness. However humble may be the enjoyment attainable, there are none so poor among us but desire to attain some particular indul gence and gratification for themselves and their children on a Sunday, that may make it happy. Puritanism marked the day with an austere observance, of which the spirit partially survives ; but time and progress are smoothing down the edge of such austerity, while the good work that the Puritans enforcrel remains. Our English Sunday is not a day of toil. Low would the Roundheads wonder if they could contrast Sunday at Hampton Court such as they knew it when " stout Oliver" was there, and a Sunday at the same place in the reign of Queen Victoria ? No expea riment of the Government has ever proved more satisfactory than that of opening the galleries and gardens of Hampton Court to the public on Sunday afternoon. It would be im possible fcr the most acrid and severe sectarian to contem plate the crowd of homely, toilsome artizans, with their wives and children, passing through those galleries—all orderly and cleanly and good-humoured, and respecting the yroperty they are allowed to enjoy—without acknow ledging that the spectacle is impressive and encouraging. It is encouraging because it strengthens the hands and hearts of those who are the tree friends of labour (and not the ostentatious would-be patrons of the humble and the lowly),—and it gives them a rov CI TCO in the urging upon the Government of the country an enlarged and nationally developed scheme, for granting the sons of toil in every crowded house of business an opportunity of refreshing both mind and body upon God's good Sabbath. The unctuous SabbaLrian no doubt exudes with holy anger at the thought of any public gallery or national institution being open on the afternoon of England's day of rest " Why not open all your places of amusement ?'' saith he, " With fiddling, feasting, dancing, drinking, masking, And other things which may be had for asking.' Why not make ours a continental Sabbath ?" Oh, well-to-do Pharisaic Gospeller, " Broadcloth without, and a cold heart within." —is there no difference between the places which are open for gain, f r speculation, for trade, and those which yield no gain except to the visitor, whose feelings and thoughts are elevated, chastened, or instructed by the beauties of nature or of art; those which make the mind busy with no spcodations except such as lead us in wonder and delight to recognise the affluence and love of our Creator-Father; those who have no relation with trade, except in reminding the craftsman that he enjoys a day of blessed rest once a week; when he can shake off the dust of work, and be the peer of the noblest in a dearly earned repose ? Oh I well-to-do Pharisee, in softly cushioned pew, coin fat tably partaking the consolations of thy profession at mid day, and in still more softly padded chair at a later hour ruminating and digesting both meats and doctrines together, lubrioatLd with the choices . wine—art thou amongst thy " fine old masters" and thy valued specimens of the modern school, thy inlaid cabinets, tby SZtvres, and Chelsea, and Dresden, thy damask draperies and velvet pile, thy shaven lawns, and shady avenues, and emerald fields—art thou a righteous judge in Israel, a fair dictator to decide and to proclaim which limner's art the poor man shall not see be cause it is the Sabbath ; which National Gallery or which British Museum he shall not enter, because it is the Sab bath; what gardens, parks, or palaces he shall not visit , because it is the Sabbath "He shall live a man forbid," thou sayest, Draco of the pulpits and the pews And there once was One who with his disciples walked through the fields, while they plucked ears of corn upon the Sabbath day I . _ _ In opening Hampton Court Palace and gardens to the public on Sunday afternoon, the Government has paid the tirst instalment of a debt long due to the working classes of the metropolis. Hampton Court, however, in a pecuniary sense, is as much beyond the reach of the poor in London as Ilolyrood, geographically. How much longer a Chris tian country will persist in supplanting clauses to the Fourth Commandment, as far, and so far only, dB that com mand can be made to press upon the poor, it is hard and grievous to speculate. Is it not a mockery of humble industry to soy to it that our clubs and parks may be crowded by the upper ton thou shall be tree to indulge thou sand on in a n every the Sabbath,gratification but that the poor man shall have no resource or gratification save such as the " public" offer him ? Dives in Belgravia shall be free to feast his eyes, his tastes, his senses on the seventh day, but Lazarus at the Seven Dials, or Clare-market, or Shoreditch, shall not so much as lift his eyes to contemplate any nobler work of art than a public park! We may here add that "Blount Tempest"—so far ae a perusal of the first of the three volumes can yet enable us to judge of the merit of the work us a whole—gives promise, we cannot but already hbrilliant s uc c ess as the ink , author's of his newly-assumed capacity as a Novelist. It s h a ll rece i ve our think, earliesi: attention, so soon as our examination of it prov fi in ra g t a work very in as a work of art shall have been completed. LITERATURE. TirE ART UNION ALMANACK—a very bijou of an Almanack—small though it is in its dimensions is wonderfully copious is its i nformation. Besides giving us a record of its own officers ani council—it does the like by other eminent art institutions, such for example, as the British Museum, the National Gallery, the Royal Academy, and 8o forth. putian as it is in size, it is Worthy of a corner in every artist's pocket-book. The Almanack for the new year is accompanied as usual by the annual report of the Council of the Art Union of London, for the year last past--a report through which we are delighted to observe the indications that that ,aid Art Union is still among the most flourish• ing of our popular, we might even say, of our national art institutions. GOLDSMITH'S VICAR OF WAKEFIELD has, by good luok, just now, immediately before Christmas time, made another and, in some respects, a more than ever welcome appearance in the form of a beautiful little pocket edition of 217 pages—illus trated—price one shilling. It appears thus as the tenth instalment of that admirably well selected, well edited, well printed, and for the most part also well illustrated series, entitled, "Laurie's Entera taining Library "—a library, the publication of which was begu n b y the Messrs. L ongman, an d i s now being conti nue d by Mr. T homas M ur b y, t h e Educational Bookseller. LAURIE'S .1( EY TO TH E STANDARD MANUAL OF ARITHMETIC app ears, s i mu lt a neously with Gold. smith's Domeetic Story, fr o m Mr Murby's establish. ment. It relat es t o Arithmetic b ot h Th eoret i ca l and Practical, and will bo almost equally acceptable, we should conjecture, to Pupils and to Teachers. WIZARD OF THE NORTII, ST. JAMEB'S Each afternoon performance seems to grow i❑ attraction, The hall on Saturday was tilled with a large assembly of juveniles— Professor Anderson is most strenu ous in his endeavours to amuse his audience, and also sends away his little patrons leaded with various gilts to make them dream of their visit to the " World of Magic!' By the kind invitation of the Wizard the following schools were present (admitted free) to share the treat so generously afforded :—St. George's (Hanover -square), 200—Hanover branch, 250—St. Peter's National (Belgravia), 162—Par mitier's Charity (Bethnal Green), 25—total, 637. The Wizard announces his last week but three, and states he has various novelties in store for the holiday folks at Christmas. A WITTY SAYING OF M. DUMAS THE YOUNGER. —The Empress is said to have invited him to Compiegne, adding to the courtesy an assurance that all the guests were to enjoy full liberty in the chateau. " What a pity, then, Madame," said M. Dumas, "that all France has not been invited," LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] -,- ~ THE BANK OF FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE, DEC. 12. The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of discount from 51 to 5 per cent. ITALY. TURIN, DEC 10 I(Evening.) The Senate of today voted the bill for the in. 3cription on the Book of the Public Debt of a sum of 1,067,000 f. Rente in favour of the City of Turin. The bill authorising industrial and commercial companies to establish their chief offices elsewhere than at Turin was also passed, as was also a bill for the transfer of the Court. of Cassation from Milan to Turin, SPAIN. MADRID, DEC. 10 (Evening.) The Correspondencia announces that the Queen has accepted the resignation of Senor Llorente, ,and adds that the motive for this step on the part of the Minister was a simple question of expediency with regard to the order of introduction of certain bills in the next Parliament. Senor Antonio Benavides, nominated Minister of Foreign Affairs, in place of Senor Llorente, has taken the oath of allegiance to the Queen. TEE WEST COAST OF AFRICA MAILS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12. The Royal Mail steamer Athenian, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 21 pas• sengers, 1,6620 z. of gold dust and £5,110 in specie. Her dates are as follows :—Benin, Oct, 24 ; New Calabar, Nov. 7th; Bonny, 7th; Lagos, 10th; Accra, 12th ; Cape Coast Castle, 14th ; Cape Palmas, 16th; Sierra Leone, 21st ; Bathurst, 25th ; Teneriffe, Dec. 1 ; and Madeira, Dec. 3. Dr Baikie bad arrived at Lagos cm route for Es gland. Trade was totally stopped at Benin. All other news unimportant. PRUSSIA. The German journals discuss at considerable length, and with much vivacity, the pretended claims of Prussia to the succession in the Duchies. The TVanderer of Vienna says :—" There are two points upon which the semi-official journals of Prus sia dwell with remarkable consistency. First, the recently-discovered pretensions of Prussia to the Crown of the Duchies, and the mania to submit those claims to the examination of Prussian jurists ; then the assertion that not one of the actual claimants will be capable of clearly proving his claims to the whole of SchleswgsHolstein, and that at most each could justify his right to some small portion of certain parts of that territory. If we rightly understand these indications, Prussia seems inclined to lay stress upon these superannuated documents taken from dusty shelves to lay claim at least to a portion of the Duchies, and to award the remainder to as many claimants as possible. Should lite suc. teed in doing these, either the Duchies would be cut up into small strips, or the claimants would be induced, by means of a suitable indemnity, to give up their claims to one claimant ; and what claimant could afford to pay such an indemnity P It is nth difficult to guess, and thus Prussia would finally attain, by means of a mat oeuvre, perfectly correct in appearance, the object which she probably had in view from the very beginning. We are not aware whether she is counting without her host or with him—that is to say with or with out the concurrence of Austria." The Boersenhalle has the following :—" The ne gotiations between the Cabinets of Vienna and of Berlin to hasten the decision in the question of the Duchies have commenced, and we are assured that the Prussian Government has notified here that it purposes to make good the claims which the House of Hohenzollern fancies it can support on a series of documents already made known. Should this news prove correct, the solution of this question will drag on for a long time, despite all the goodwill of the Vienna Cabinet to terminate it; as, before coming to a decision upon the fundamental question of the succession, interminable delibera tions would have to take place between the two great Powers to settle the competency of the autho rity to pronounce judgment," A letter from Berlin, dated the 9th inst., says "There is a report current that the negotiations between Prussia and the Duke of Augustenburg have led to the conclusion of a military conven tion, the consequence of which would be the im mediate recognition of the Duke by the Prus sietn Government. This report is evidently erro neous. The Government does not attach a great importance to a military convention. The conces sions which Prussia asks for, in the first place, from the Duke, are a maritime convention and a guarantee for a speedy completion of the canal be tween the North Sea and the Baltic. These cons cessions are requisite for the future welfare of a fleet worthy of Prussia and of Germany. " If there is any foundation in the rumours, it can cnly rest upon the basis that the Duke of Augus tenburg has offered to conclude a military convention with Prussia on the condition that the Berlin Go vernment should immediately recognise him as Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. It is needless to add that such an offer would not be deemed sufficient. In fact, if the negotiations between the Duke of Augustenburg and the Prussian Government have really commenced, which is still open to doubt, it is evident that they have not as yet led to any pals pable result. FRANCE. Bounsz, D:c. 10.—The market has been more buoyant, and the business done has been at an im provement. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 200., and Mobilier at 943 f. 75c. Railway Market firm, with higher quotations on some of the lines. The market became rather weaker towards the close, and left off as follows : ft per Cents .. 93 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents .. 66 Do. end month.... 66 10 Credit Mobilier.... 937 60 Do. end month.... 935 Bank Shares 3530 Credit Fonoier 1240 Roman RIM Italian Loan 65 70 Do. end month 65 75 Ditto Threes .. New Mexican .... 501 Russian A.ustrian Spanish Threes 45 50 Home Debt Deferral rim. Cash. Account. Orleans ....... ~..,.... 860 867 50 Northern .... lOOO .. 997 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 872 60 .. 876 25 Southern - 687 50 .. 595 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 422 60 .. 425 Ditto to Barcelona PENTONVILLE PRISON.—The appointment of Governor of Pentonville Prison having become vacant by the absconding of Captain Craig, the same has been con ferred on Mr John C. 11. Bones, Deputy-Governor of Ports. mouth Convict Prison. C Aptain C. B. La Trouche bas been appointed to succeed Mr Bones at Portsmouth Prison. IN " MRS. LIRRIPER," says the Saturday Review, another character has been added to the long list of Mr. Dickens' creations whose names are household words among all sorts and conditions of people in Great Britain and Aus tralia, and the United States, and wherever else humour that is so essentiallyEnglsih can hope to be appreciated, If Mrs. Lirriper is less familiarly and frequently alluded to than Sairey Gamp, or Sam Weller, or Mr Micawber, it can only be because she accidentally lacks a more elaborate set ting, and not from any want of distinctness or individuality in her own character. Her shrewdness and thriftiness, her prejudices, her simplicity, her real good-heartiness, veiled as it is by vigorous sarcasms against Miss Wozenham or the Wandering Christians, or servants, and above every. thing, her coufused volubility of speech, all make Mrs Lir riper a real person in the reader's mind. Her name calls up a human being, and not a mere parcel of droll sayings or eccentricities of manner, The twelve pages in which, last Christmas, MrDickens made her a famitiar friend to so many thousands of people, are perhaps the most illimitable of his Performances. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, -. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Commissioner GJulborn.) IN RE C. A. BUCK. (Judgment—Commitment under the penal clauses.) His Honour to-day gave judgment on the question of order of discharge. The baukrui t was described as of Albert-street, Victoria-square, Pimlico. He had previously lived at a great number of places in London, &c., and at several places in New Z..aland. He now owes £2,100 debts, contracted within two years, and produced no assets. He was opposed on behalf of a Mr Fox, who had, upon the bankrupt's false representations, let him have furniture of the value of £320, with which he furnished a house, and on the faith of his apparent respectability, got credit from a great number of tradesmen to a large amount, and he then got rid of the furniture, obtaining an advance of 1;200 from a loan and reversionary society, His Honour said that he considered that this was a case in which he ought to exercise the power - vested in the Court of ordering an imprisonment under the penal clause. He went through a long history of the transaction, and said that this was one et those cases now frequently before the Court. The bankrupt was a mere adventurer—a kind of personage without any means, and plundering every person who was credulous enough to give him credit. He considered that the goods had been obtained from Mr Fox without the bankrupt having any reasonable prospect of being able to pay, and also that the bankrupt had been guilty of reckless and extravagant expenditure, and had brought himself within the 169th section ; but the mere suspension of the order of discharge would probably be no punishment, as the creditors might not be in a position to place the bankrupt in prism except at great expense. He (his Honour) therefore would deal with the case the same as though the case was before him in the Crown Court, and a man had been guilty of fraud as that disclosed here. Aa the bankrupt had been in prison for two months, he would sentence him to a further imprisonment for four months in Newgate or Whitecross•street prison, and the warrant would now issue. The Yelverton Marriage Case. The decision of the Court of Session in the petition of Major Yelverton to have the recent judgment of the House of Lords in his favour put in force, and the application of Mrs Yelverton or Longworth to have the judgment sus pended, and the whole case reopened by the reception of fresh evidence, was given at Edinburgh on Saturday last. All the four judges —the Lords President and Lords Cur riehill, Deas, and Ardraillan—were unanimous in rejecting the application of the pursuer, chiefly on the ground that the new evidence she proposed to adduce was not of such a character as was likely to induce the judges in the House of Lords to alter the decision they had already given in the case, and it was also urged by: Lord Ardmillan,", on the authority of Lord Brougham, that the judgment of the House of Lords could only be altered by Act of Parliament. There was, therefore, ne alternative but to apply the judg ment of the superior court in accordance with the petition of Major Yelverton. The Lord Advocate then formally moved that a minute of reference should be made to the oath of Major Yelverton, with a view to still having judgment arrested. The Solicitor-General, however, objected to this, as no notice of such motion had been given. After some discussion on the point, it was ulti ma t e ly agreed that effect should at once be given to th e j u d gmen t of the superior court, and the Lord Advocate, on the sug gestion of the Lord President, said he should give in a nate asking leave to make the motion he had proposed. Mr Baron Bramwell's Advice to Poachers. In sentencing two prisoners atWarwick Assizes, convicted of wounding gamekeepers with intent to murder, his Lord ship said to Asher, one of the prisoners —You are a sample of a poacher for whom some people feel sympathy. Here is a list of your convictions. Night poaching, stealing brass, stealing copper, offence against the game laws, wilful da • mage, night poaching, the same, stealing iron, and assault, so that you seem to have divided your attention between stealing generally and breaches of the game laws. Against Atkins, another prisoner, there are two previous convic tions. And you stand there and ask for mercy I Asher—l am as innocent as a child unborn. The Judge—You must suppose those you speak to are as simple as children. My advice to you poachers is this—lf you will continue in this course of life, for the profit of the game, the excitement of sport, or whatever makes you do it—if you will poach, poach like people with the ordinary feelings of humanity. Why could you not satisfy your selves by running away with the plundor you had got? Asher—l was weak as a child—l couldn't run. The Judge—You appear to have been strong enough to have inflicted serious injuries. Asher—lnnocent as a child, my lord ! The Judge—lt is very evident from the manner in which you cross-examined some of the witnesses about the make of poaching nets that you know something about it. At all events I will take care by the sentence I impose you shall give it up for some time to come. You, Asher, are sentenced to fifteen years, and you, Atkins, to ten years' penal servitude. The Cambridge Music Hall. On Saturday the Inauguration concert was given in the splendid music hall just completed by Mr Nugent for the amusement and gratification of the residents at the East end of London. The site of the hall, with immediate access from Commercial-street, and within a short distance of the Shoreditch Railway station, is well chosen, more especially as it is a little removed from the heavy carriege traffic continually pouring up and down Dishopsgate-street. As if in direct contrast to the building erected for the poor through the munificent donation of Mr Peabody, and which stands immediately opposite, the Royal Cambridge Music Hall may be termed a classical building. It has noble proportions, is massive in appearance, and is designed apparently more with a view to utility than to secure un necessary effects produced by elaborate ornamentation. The hall itself is marked by a noble entrance corridor, which has detached columns on either side, and hand some tesselated tile paving and stone steps the full width of the entrance. Here is the principal staircase, which has been constructed so as io ensure the greatest security from overloading. The peculiar shape of the site rendered it necessary to deviate from the ordinary position of the orchestra, which is usually found at the end of the hall, but which in this instance is placed in the middle of the longest Bide. This position was not a matter of upholding a theory, or of devising any new idea. It was simply a matter of necessity. The hall is classical in design, plain, sub stantial, and chaste, free from any violent pretensions, but fulfilling all the requirements both as to the sense of seeing and hearing. With respect to ornamentation, the architects have placed more reliance on colour than on devising orna ments. Where openings have been left for ventilation they are masked by perforated ornaments ; but the mouldings generally are plain, being simply picked out with colours. Again, ascending the stairs, we reach a large commod ous gallery, the largest one, perhaps, of any music hall in the metropolis. Here, as in other portions of the hall, details have been studied for the comfort of the audience. Messrs. Finch Hill and Pamirs), the architects of the Ox ford, the Britannia Theatre, Evans's, Weaton's, and the Philharmonic, are the architects, and from their designs and under their superintendence the building was erected. The lighting is by ornamental stars suspended from the ceiling. The effect of this arrangement is exceedingly beautiful, and while all the splendid decorations of the noble hall are brought out in the most complete manner, the effect of an overheated and vitiated atmosphere is en tirely avoided. Mr Nugent has engaged a most efficient staff of vocalists, and all that is now wanted to make the bold venture a complete success, " commercially speaking," is that patronage which is certainly most justly due to the enterprising proprietor. His "house-warming" on Satur day was most encouraging, and we heartily wish him a prosperous career in his new undertaking. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. 12.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and oloudy weather, with rain in the morning. FALMOUTH, Dec, 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Orion, from Rio Janeiro—Chica, from Shields for Carthagena, MILFORD, Dec. 11.—Wind W,—Arrived—Sarab, serew steamer, from Liverpool for Jamaica, TROON, Dec. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived—Morning Star, from Old Calabar for Leith. Sailed—Mary and Louise, for Buenos Ayres. NEWPORT, Dec. 10.—Wind 'S.W.—Arrived—Prairie Flower, from Appledore for Gibraltar. Sailed—Denmark, for Thomas. RAMSGATE, Dec. 11,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Argo, for New York. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Achilles, from Plymouth. Sailed—Gerson, fur Santa et uz. OFF DARTMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Childers, from London for MelbJurne. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning. The ship Essex, 1,260 tons register, with 2,000 tons of tea, has arrived in the Downs, She left Shanghai on the 11th August, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning, Arrived, Dec. Il—Providence and Napoleon, from Gravelines—Lady of the Lake, from Fort Natal—Kelpine, from Bathurst—Evangeline, from Calcutta—Bilboa, from Smyrna —Aurora Providenza, from Barletta—Vopkea, from Groningen—Adriatic, from Hongkong—Libao, from War berg, Arrived, Dec. 12—Fyenoord, steamer, from .Rotterdam Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp. DEAL, Monday Morning. No arrivals. MR. KNIGHT'S third and concluding volume 01 his " Passages of Working Life" will be published during the present months ti,autt 11S11 HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 10. The Queen walked and drove in the grousds of the Castle this morning, eccompanied by her Roy al Highness Princess Helena. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Enaiiy Cathcart, took a carriage drisre* pEc. The Archbishop of Canterbury arrived .t t he Castle yesterday. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, end Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentleroen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning i° the private chapel. The Rev. W. R. Jolley read the prayers , and hi 6 Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached 038 sermon. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to Gloucester House, Park -'c ane ,on Friday WA: ing from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath II Longleat, Wilts. A distinguished party was inv ited to mee the royal duke. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam; bridge, is expected to return to Cambridge Cottage, early in the ensuing month from Germany. left The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have - Brighton for Calais, on their way to Nice, where they P rt ; pose to spend a few weeks before returning to l iinlb°lt° Castle. The Dec de Ric'Aelieu has arrived at the S t ' George's Hotel. The and Countess Craven have been eeter; taming a succession of visitors at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke's p arty aesemble at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, to-morrow'.a Lord and Lady Elcho are expected to arrive 1 town on Thursday from visiting Sir Edward lierris°l3ll' Bart., M.P., and Lady Caroline Kerrison, at Broo me 113 „; Lady de Dunstanville has returned to tow n visiting the Earl and Countess Fortescue Castle Devonshire, and from a tour in Cornwall. Lady Churchill has left the St. George's 1 - D t i el , s ) Lady Francis and Miss Gordon have retu rned 5, Wilton-crescent, from a tour of visits in Ireland. ~,c r Sir Wm. Alexander, Sir Edwin Laiadseer, and Mrs T. G. Baring, and Mr and Mrs A. Buck le y' , li -13°,, been among the visitors to Mr T. Baring, M.P., at 14°1.11P Court, Hants, during the past week. THE VACANT GARTER.—The Garter vaca nt b the death of the Duke of Newcastle has been conferred ..,1 her Majesty on Earl Spencer. ETON COLLEGE.—The autumn half, which CCITI : t : menced on the 21st of September, terminates on FridaY lle- li the 16th inst,, on which day the whole of the scholars on take their departure. There are at present about 810 bor 0 , 3 the college roll, some 40 of whom will leave the school ti ; l s Christmas. The ensuing vacation will last about dye 0° 1 1: and terminates on Wednesday, the 18th of Januarys W . l y the return of the lower boys. On the following Th ur !,,, cl c ,. ' , and Fliday the fifth and sixth forms return to the co"" °- when the whole school will have re-assembled. T ir 11 4 AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT ••••- 5 t POOL THIS WEEK.—There are three steamers Liverpool this week with the American and Caneul,th mails—viz., the .Etna and Nova Scotian, the former W f l e , dates from New York to the 3d, and the latter with e° r " c - a sponding dates from Portland. The Etna may be el P eC t t i to reach Queenstown. and the Nova Scotian Greene'' in the course of Wednesday next. On Saturday l'e l , t f t a % Cunard steamer Asia, from Boston on the 7th and li' d- n g early on the morning of the 9th, will no doubt a rrive " Crookhaven or Queenstown. THE WRECK OF THE DALHOUSIE. --The ef f°r r t : of Watson, the diver engaged by the owner s, I ry onwueexta next day, weather, with w eb i u t h ht at v hn e ed r s y lsuccess. o it f tle the continued on Thursday, but, owing to the state 0 ' • underwriters owners,h engag ed t he flicks, of Falmouth, and his crew in order to s earch ship, send up the cargo, and if possible raise the 11/I , l i' av i e i e ann w odw a s ht t aa o vke h e n e e v i i h r e c martor seater There are still 11 of the supposed passengers and Bi lL ° L; C fo r ti ow nd tobe accounted for, 17 bodies having already "-we Some apprehension is entertained that a nother St : - ti nes still to be added to the fatal list, a l a d y being O c l u i -re a t for who is thought to have gon e on board the ve° B°- Newcastle. THE LEADER OF THE VERMONT RAID. de nt the war broke out, Lieut. Young was a theologica l sta di in Kentucky, and engaged to be married to a you n g /5 1 0 of very respectable parents. During some of the Vr.,,,as operations there the residence of his intended's father ; fired and entirely consumed. The young lady receivefter shock from which she never recovered. She died B ootle of —how and in what manner we know not. Young aside his theological books and donned the Confederate as s form, expecting and willing to lose his life in the der C o l Hence his appearance in St. Albans to murder, bar s ' plunder.—American Paper. THE LUDGATE STATION of the London, v.-- and Dover Railway will soon (says the AthenOhl be open to the public. That portion of the line t he extends from the so-called Blackfriars Station, s- h el) Surrey side of the Thames, comprises the bridge 1%10 now forms one of the handsomest works of its class i l l t ioa country. From Earl-street to W eat-street, at the J an the with the Underground Railway in Farringdon-road' 0 0 0 line is about halt a mile in length, On this length 00 co e the Ludgate-hill Viaduct, which carries the line 0 0° 00 0 of the most crowded thoroughfarea in the world , and 8,:e0 a point of view designed by Wren for Si, Paul' s, wh ere of fine architectural composition was made with the 6 P i n i t he the church of St. Martin , Ludgate, and the doll° 'OlO Cathedral. It is a great pity that so valuable au e lca i t id of what is rare in London should have been marred; to surprising to find popular writers so ignorant of ar t aver that the arrangement of the spire and done unfortunate one. ;fig ,del THE LION'S DEN.—In his Thanksgi vA- a u : sermon, on the 24th of November, the Rev. the Ward Beecher rendered a high tribute of praise ""ci the American Ministers at the Courts of St. Jarad° 413 0 0 Tuileries. Mr Beecher went on to say :—" We are 9 : , ", I ` o are and likely to continue so with foreign nations. Dr 4t ' lti t " ye but beasts of prey. Humanity and justice are S t) .00 011 strong enough to control nations. They follo w the'r're era interests whenever they can do it safely. Wheth er 11 ., any better than European nations is yet to aPPet' thee° nation that cannot defend itself, let loose aw °l3 h g n 610 0' nations, is like a sheep strayed amongst wolv es ' who rel and rage amongst themselves, not to defend, bff t that termitic which shall seiz it. There cannot boa eloa l3 1 . 0 of we owe our immunity from attack to the salute)? le ; a 6; nations who are friendly to those who can make wa r 0 0 ' roux. We have been four years in the lions' OS' has shut the lions' mouth. riftl; ° : EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF GOVERNMENT •-• 00 0- —A very extensive system of fraud upon th e o°°4 Lintel. has just come to light. It appears that M e ssrs. - 01 ,10 13 and Frost, shipowners and coal merchants, of Wr eo al S " have for a long time contracted for the supPlY 0.4011° the Royal Artillery Barracks, the Engineer dep t cot the military hospitals, and other G r overnu fen lad e blishments. It having been suspected that early t . quantity of Government coals were imPr°P,!„, l. svV 6 posed of during their conveyance from tmtietecti'- to the garrison, police - constable Ling , a ato t il t , 6 officer of the R. division, took such measures as 's tes sib discovery that coals forwarded from the wharf 0 0 etop leT for the barracks by a man named Skipto n, in th e r e t 0 ° of Messrs Hunter, were taken and deposited ° s Pe s o belonging to a coal dealer named Burley. Ba ll were apprehended and placed at the bar before •L' opto i at the Woolwich Police-court, on Saturday, wi letl ;v i o g, t ' ;0 pleaded guilty of stealing, and Burley of recel s.... It 6 tons of Government coal on the previous Thurscleloota fA ct extraordinary that the tickets or cheques produe . Li :000 0 0 v garrison office accounted for every ton of 00 ',A. V , from the wharf, although several tons were abstract:l;a th o a; non-commissioned officers who were examined : vi ce; they could only account for this discrepancy 13 , t bedtg tickets and the number of tons actually receive!' do s the viaoa; position that the carman watched an opportunilYtoooceo some tickets on the file during the teruP o r ar l,_ e r per°%, the clerks in the office. it is believed that 01: prer are concerned in the frauds, which must ha v , r Snot a viously discovered bat for their conplicity. 00 for said he hed no doubt the system had been or ri _ e ,: f0n 0) ,,, long time. The magistrate ordered that the bco'":he v olt' the premises of Burley should be detained Y al l and remanded both prisoners. field) t"• li' THE SHIRLEY Al cooin „• ili , charged with the murder o f Mrs colbor,eit.:,,i„ near Southampton, en Saturday ev&ning.ri and oig Ao y, • at the South Hants Ir.fi,ln a ry, watched ach3Yy on s et a r o ud it two policemen, Ha pas.scd a very Viet ha s set jr erY' this can be subdued there is every chance g rv° The remains of his victim were con 1' gnoeurse of Pe°Pl_vfid and slept several hours. Inflammation lit!, Du , re co_v: or , Thursday in the presence of a vast I Foux CHILDREN SUFFOCATEI? N u P es. _ ,wervePcA day morning no less than four iuqironitt7eitig on the bodies of children` who had died► igr at night while sleeping in bed with their o 11, ,,, w 113.0,0 :0 , those cases occurred in Shadwell, and twn in, 19 , ber of infants perished from this cause _e do mouths of the year. A verdict of accid and it wag stated by returned in each a medical gentleam du b r.o r !tho